Safety-pin.



No. 825,579. PATENTED JULY 10,1906.

0. A. BRYANT.

SAFETY PIN. APPLICATION FILED HA3. 9. 1004.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. BRYANT, OF WAKEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO OAKVILLECOMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORA- TION OF CONNECTICUT.

SAFETY-PIN.

Patented July 10, 1906.

Application filed March 9, 1904. erial No. 197,251.

T 0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. BRYANT, of \Vakefield, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Safety Pins; and I do hereby declare thefollowing specification, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of the same, to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

Under the strains to which a safety-pin is commonly subjected thepointed member is liable to become bent or distorted. This bending ofthe pointed member tends to pull the pointed end lengthwise out of theengag ing shield, and if such bending be sufficient in extent the resultwill be to pull the pointed end entirely out of the shield.

It is obvious that if the end of the pointed member be firmly andsecurely held in engagement with the shield and against such lengthwisepull there can be no bending of the pointed member and no disengagementof the same from the shield.

The object of the present invention is to prevent the bending andconsequent disengagement of the pointed member and to that end theinvention consists in providing novel means, as set forth in theappended claims, for securely holding said pointed member in engagementwith the shield.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is an edge view of a safety-pincontaining the invention. Fig. 2 is a side view showing the pin closed.Fig. 3 is a section on the line 00 1B, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side viewshowing the pin open. Fig. 5 shows a modification, and Fig. 6 is adetail.

A is the body member of the safety-pin, B the pointed member, and C theshield. .To the shield C is pivoted a lever D, one end (1 of which isarranged to engage the pointed member when seated in the shield and theother end of which is bent to form a hook d to engage the body member,as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

Preferably the pointed member is curved or bent outward at or near itspointed end, as at I), and that portion of the shield which is engagedby the pointed member is provided with a corresponding recess ordepression 0 to receive the curved portion 1) of said pointed member. Ifdesired, however, the pointed member may be left straight, and theshield may be of the usual construction, as shown at Fig. 5.

The operation of the parts is as follows: \Vith the parts in theposition shown in Fig. 4 the pointed member B after being passed throughthe material is engaged with the shield in the usual manner, the curvedportion I) seating in the depression 0. Then the pointed member has beenthus seated in the shield, the lever D is turned from the position shownin Fig. 4 to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This brings the end (1of said lever. into engagement with the curved portion I) of the pointedmember, and thereby serves to hold the same in the recess 0, the bentend (1 of said lever being hooked under the body-wire to,hold the leveragainst displacement. Preferably the end (1 of the lever is formed witha cam-surface, so as to produce a clamping action, and thus serve tosecurely clamp the end of the pointed member between the end of thelever and the opposing wall of the shield. This clamping action is ofespecial advantage when the pointed member is left straight and theshield is not provided with a recess or depression, as shown in Fig. 5.By this construction the pointed member is securely held against being'pulled lengthwise out of the shield and is thereby prevented from beingbent or distorted, and the pin as a whole is strengthened and adapted toresist much greater strain.

\Nhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A safety-pin comprising a body mem ber, a pointed member, and ashield, and provided with means for clamping the pointed member againstthe wall of the shield, substantially as described.

2. A safety-pin comprising a body member, a pointed member, and ashield, and provided with a lever adapted to engage the pointed memberin its normal position within the shield, substantially as described.

3. A safety-pin comprising a body member, a pointed member, and ashield, and provided with a cam adapted to engage the pointed member inits normal position within the shield, substantially as described.

4. A safety-pin comprising a body member, a pointed member, and ashield, and pro 1 cess when the pointed member is engaged vided With alever adapted to engage the l With the shield, substantially asdescribed. pointed member in its normal position Within 6. A saftey-pincomprising a body memthe shield, said lever being provided With ber, apointed member, and a shield, and promeans for engaging the body member,sub- 1 vided with a lever for holding the pointed stantially asdescribed. member in engagement with the shield, and

5. A safety-pin comprising a body memmeans for holding said leveragainst displaceber, a pointed member, and a shield, said ment,substantially as described. shield being provided With a recess, andsaid CHARLES A. BRYANT. pointed member being provided With a pro-,jection adapted to enter said recess, and means for holding saidprojection in said re- Witnesses:

FREDERIQ S. HARTSHORNE,

CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE.

